Rail joint



INVENTOR ATTO RN EY L. G. MQALlSTER.

RAIL JOINT. PPLICATION FILED MAR- 2l, 1922.

Patend Nov. 7, 1922',

WITNESS:

L. G. MCALISTER.

RAIL JOINT.

APPLICATION FILED MAII.2I. 1922.

`PfIIteIInted. Nov. 7 1922.

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ldatented Non. 7, i922.

Utilit@ it? rail' LUTHER G. MGALISTER, 0F TULSA, DKLAHOMA.

RAIL Joinr.

appiicationniea March 21, 1922. seriai No. 545,451.

fro/"iam t may concern.' y t knownthat I, LUTHER G. Monnie- 'i'in-i, a citizen of thev United States, residing at Tulsa, in the county of Tulsa and State f 'i ..alioina, have invented' new and useful proveiiieiitsin Rail Joints, of which the toilowing is a specification.

lviy present invention has reference to in ilway construction. in carrying out my invention it is my pui-pose to produce railway rails of a construction 1Vereby'tlie same will so interengage'at the meeting ends thereof as to hold all ofthe rails in positive aliOfn'ment andl prevent the vertical or lateral movement of the rails at thejoints thereof.

lt is also my purpose to produce in .a railway construction, rails which have their webs Voffset adjacent to the ends o f their base portions and their webs extending beyond their base portions, the heads of the rails beyond the oifset portions of the webs andv on the extension of the webs being out away at anglesto their juncture with their webs to provide pockets for the headsections von the coacting rail, the projecting web of each of the railsresting on the base of the coacting rail, the ends of the webs contacting with tiie shoulders provided by the offset portions on the webs of the coacting rails, and the base of each of the rails meeting, while meansis passed transversely through the lapping webs of the rails adev jacent to the ends thereof for connecting the rails.

A further object is to produce in a railway construction, rails having interengaging means for associating the same to hold the heads thereof in alignment and to prevent lateral or sinking motion, but which will permit of the necessary longitudinal movement incident to expansion and contraction.

The drawings which accompany and form part of this specification, illustrate a satisfactory embodiment of the improvement reduced to practice, and wherein Figure 1 is a top plan view of rails constructed and connected in accordance with this invention.

Figure 2 isa side elevation,

Figure 3 is a sectional view on the line 3 3 of Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a sectional view on the line 4-4 of Figure 2.

Figure 5 is a perspective view of one of the rail ends.

plan view of the rails sepathat the head at the ends of the rails be cut away at different angles.

Referring now to the drawings inv detail, the numerals 1 and 2 designate contiguous rails and 8 the ties on which the rails rest and to which the rails are spiked.

The railsl and 2 have their body portions constructed in the usual manner to include a base 4, a web 5, and a head 6. In the present instance the ends of the base flanges 4 of both'of the rails 1 and 2 are cut aiigularly, the said angle ends being indicated by the numerals 7 and 8 respectively. The webs 5 of the rails, inward of the ends T and 8 of the base portions thereof are, for a suitable distance, offset from thewebs proper, thus providing shoulders 9 and 10 `between the webs 5 and the web extensions 11 and 12 respectively. The extensions 11 and 12 of the respective rails are parallel with the webs '5' thereof, and projectV a suitable distance beyond the ends 7 and 8 of the said rails. The projecting portions or extensions of the webs have both their upper and lower faces flat, and the base flanges 4 of the rails, in a line with the inner faces of the web extensions 11 and 12 for a width ecjuallingthe thickness of the shoulders 9 and 10 are like` wise flat, and these flat portions are, for distinction, indicated by the numeral 13 respectively. Also the web extensions 11 and 12 gradually increase in thiol-:ness from their upper to their lower flat edges so that the widened lower portions will have an effective bea-ring on the surfaces 13.

Outward of the shoulders 9 and 10, and both inwardly and outwardly with respect to the ends 7 and 8 of the base ianges of the rails, the extensions 11 and 12 thereof have their head portions cut away at determined intervals, providing spaced head blocks 14 respectivelyl. rlhe ends of the head blocks are cut at the same angle as indicated by the numeral 15 respectively, and the spaces 16 between the head blocks on one of the web extensions provide pockets for the head blocks on the coacting rail extension. It will thus be apparent that the rails must be moved angularly in associating the same, and when associated, the ends of the web extensions 11 and 12 will contact with the shoulders 9 and 10 respectively, and the angle ends 7 and 8 of the rails will abut. There is, however, sufficient space between the head blocks 111 and the walls of the pock- `ets in which the are received to erinit of the necessary longitudinal movement of the rails incident to expansion and contraction.

Each web extension, 11 and 12, adjacent to its endsis provided with bolt openings 17 respectively, and when the web extensions have their confronting faces incontacting engagement, these openings align, and there are passed therethrough bolts 18 which are engaged by nuts 19. vrlhis connecting nieans positively holds the rails against lateral movement, while the lower portions of the head blocks which project laterally from the web extension on which they are formed have their under faces flat and find a firm bearing on the upper ilat edge of the base extension on which they rest, so that downward movement of the rails at the ends thereof cannot occur. ln addition to this,

i the flat under laces of the web extensions resting on the surfaces 13 moreei'ec'tively hold the rails against any tendency for downward movement, and in addition to this, the contacting engagement between the upper and lower edges of the rails with the' under faces of the head blocks and with the said surface 13 prevent an upward movement of the rails.

The inner lower corners of the heads ofl invention, I

end and said web extending beyond its'base,

and its said web extension having the head portion of the rail cut away at intervals to provide head blocks, and wherein the `spaces between the head blocks on one of the rails form pockets for-the reception of the head blocks on the other rail.

2. 'The abutting ends of railway rails, each rail having its web offset adjacent to the end and the said oset portion of the web extending beyond the end of thebase, the head of the rail on the said web extensions being eut away at spaced intervals to provide head blocks, the end walls of the head blocks being cut at the saine angle and the spaces 'therebetweenproviding pockets for the head blocks of the coacting rail, the end of the web extensions @if each rail designed to contact with the shoulder at the offset portion of the web oi' the coacting rail when the railv ends are associated, and means passing transversely through the web eXtensions for connecting thesame.

3. Contiguous rails, each having its base flange terminating in an angle end, its web offset inwardly of the end and extending beyond the end or the base ilang'e, said base flange in a line with the shoulder provided by the oiifset being Vfiat', and the upper and lowerl edges or the web extensions being liliewise fiat, said web extensions gradually in creasing in thickness `fronti their upper to their `lower edges and'being provided adjacent to their ends with openings, each of said web extensions having its head cut away at Vequi-distantly spaced determined intervals to provide head blocks, andthe opposed walls of the head blocks being cut at the saine angle and the spaces therebetween forming pockets Jr'or the reception of the head blocks of the coacting rail, the openings in the web extensions aligning when the head blocks are received inthe pockets, and means passing transversely through said openings for connecting the web extensions.

ln testimony whereot I afIiX my signature.

LUTHER G. MCALISTER. 

